October 27, 2024
Tag: George Schuster
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February 12, 1908: The Day the Great Race Began
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The Race was sponsored by the NEW YORK TIMES and LA MATIN, a sister newspaper in Paris. The torturous New York to Paris route crossed three continents and amounted to over 22,000 miles in 169 days. The Thomas Flyer Team of Buffalo, New York won with a comfortable margin of 26 days. The feat has…
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August 8, 2024 8 Comments
In the days when shopping, theater, and sight-seeing visits to a “big-city” were planned adventures and your destination was Philadelphia or New York, lunch at the Automat was a “must.” Travelers from across the landscape enjoyed the opportunity to buy their lunch with nickels. Horn and Hardart made lunch cheap and fun!